Boston Book Festival: Schedule

10:30am EDT

Kids Keynote: Rick Riordan 01 - Old South Church - SanctuaryRick Riordan Breaking into a Publishing Career 10 - Boston Public Library - Commonwealth SalonAnnie Stone • Ammi-Joan Paquette • Olivia Carey • Nicole Angeloro • Diane Zhang Wee The People Presents: PROTESTIVAL! 20 - Copley Square Outdoors - Brainstorm Tent

10:45am EDT

Storytime 12 - Boston Public Library - Children's LibraryJuana Martinez-Neal

11:00am EDT

Llama Llama 21 - Copley Square Outdoors - Costume Characters Shan Kam 19 - Copley Square Outdoors - Berklee StageShan Kam Mystery and Suspense: The Secrets that We Keep 09 - Boston Public Library - Newsfeed CafeDawn Tripp • Deborah Goodrich Royce • Sara DiVello • Lev AC Rosen Data Driven Sports 15 - Boston Public Library - GuastavinoChad Finn • Bruce Schoenfeld • The Boston Globe Poetry from Disappearing Places 05 - Goethe-Institut - 1st FloorDanielle Jones • Elizabeth Bradfield • Rage Hezekiah • Deborah Leipziger • Mary Pinard • Mass Poetry Write From Your Center: Mindful Embodied Writing 06 - Goethe-Institut - Workshop SpaceNadia Colburn Shaping the Ache of Grief into the Beauty of Art 17 - Boston Architectural College - BeehiveAlysia Abbott • Melanie Brooks • Laura Carney • Anne Pinkerton If Not Now, When? 11 - Boston Public Library - Teen CentralRebecca Podos • Elana K. Arnold • Aden Polydoros • R. M. Romero

11:15am EDT

A Second Heart: Novelists on the Pull of the Past 18 - Boston Architectural College - Cascieri HallMargot Livesey • Rishi Reddi • Elizabeth Graver • Paul Harding • Suzanne Berne

11:30am EDT

Storytime 12 - Boston Public Library - Children's LibraryAmitha Knight How to Write History like a Fast-paced Thriller 07 - Trinity Church - UndercroftCameo George • Amrita Chakrabarti Myers • Ilyon Woo • Beacon Hill Books & Cafe Memoir: Reproductive Rights, Where Personal is Political 03 - Old South Church - Guild RoomJoyce Linehan • Felicia Kornbluh • Hannah Matthews Tasting History 02 - Old South Church - Mary Norton HallTina Cassidy • Max Miller

11:45am EDT

Graphic Novels: You Got This! 13 - Boston Public Library - Children's Rey RoomAbbey Stephens • Maria Scrivan • Sharee Miller Fictions of Class, Fictions of Place 04 - Church of the Covenant - SanctuaryAndre Dubus-III • Jennifer Haigh • Richard Russo Memoir: Two Lives Well-Lived 08 - Boston Public Library - Rabb HallTiziana Dearing • Drew Gilpin Faust • Rose Styron

12:00pm EDT

Peter Rabbit 21 - Copley Square Outdoors - Costume Characters Pavle Zvekic 19 - Copley Square Outdoors - Berklee StagePavle Zvekic Cultural Histories: Twentieth Century Lives in the Arts 10 - Boston Public Library - Commonwealth SalonMegan Marshall • Maggie Doherty • Patti Hartigan • John Taylor "Ike" Williams • Emerson College Walking Tour Outside BPL Boylston Street EntranceBoston By Foot

12:15pm EDT

Storytime 12 - Boston Public Library - Children's LibraryVictoria J. Coe Nonfiction Keynote: Heather Cox Richardson 01 - Old South Church - SanctuarySusan Goldberg • Heather Cox Richardson

12:30pm EDT

Queer Horror that Slays 11 - Boston Public Library - Teen CentralHannah Robinson • Andrew Joseph White • Alex Crespo • Jennifer Dugan Graphic: We, Robots! Will AI Replace Creatives? 17 - Boston Architectural College - BeehiveMahesh Daas • Andrew John Wit Short Stories: Tiny Windows into Other Worlds 09 - Boston Public Library - Newsfeed CafeKara Elliott-Ortega • Shubha Sunder • Daphne Kalotay • John Fulton Reconsidering Failure, Stress, and Exclusion 15 - Boston Public Library - GuastavinoKatie Burke • Karen Dillon • Amy Edmondson • David Moinina Sengeh Poetic Dialogue 05 - Goethe-Institut - 1st FloorDanielle Jones • Allison Adair • Leslie Sainz • Jubi Arriola-Headley • Mass Poetry Toward Abolition: Poetry as Spellcasting 06 - Goethe-Institut - Workshop SpaceTamiko Beyer • Jane Wong Haitian Literature in the U.S.: the Intersection of Migration and Translation 14 - Boston Public Library - Orientation RoomMilady Auguste • Danielle Legros Georges • Charlot Lucien • Eddy Toussaint • French Consulate General - Boston • Everett Haitian Community Center

12:45pm EDT

Furry Friends: A Perfect Partner in Every Plot 13 - Boston Public Library - Children's Rey RoomMeena Jain • M. T. Anderson • James Bird • Sara Pennypacker Art, War, and Adventure 18 - Boston Architectural College - Cascieri HallRobin Kall • Henriette Lazaridis • Stephen P. Kiernan • Emily Franklin

1:00pm EDT

Llama Llama 21 - Copley Square Outdoors - Costume Characters Storytime 12 - Boston Public Library - Children's LibraryJuana Medina Yae-Seul Kim 19 - Copley Square Outdoors - Berklee StageYae-Seul Kim Defiance: Literary Imagination and the Power of Stories 03 - Old South Church - Guild RoomJessica Keener • Rachel Cantor • Tan Twan Eng • Virginia Pye • Lesley University Women Scientists: Breaking Through 07 - Trinity Church - UndercroftJulia Cort • Sola Mahfouz • Kate Zernike • Shohini Ghose Walking Tour Outside BPL Boylston Street EntranceBoston By Foot

1:15pm EDT

The Climate Crisis: How to Cope 02 - Old South Church - Mary Norton HallArmond Cohen • Michael Mann • Susan Crawford • Jacopo Buongiorno Understanding Knowledge 08 - Boston Public Library - Rabb HallJeremy Siegel • Adam Gopnik • Simon Winchester

1:30pm EDT

Deconstruction of Myth 04 - Church of the Covenant - SanctuaryDawn Tripp • Emily Wilson • Susanna Moore • Ha Jin Refugees: The Harrowing Path To Home 10 - Boston Public Library - Commonwealth SalonMark C. Storella • Muhammad H. Zaman • Saket Soni • Carly Goodman • Jake Bittle

1:45pm EDT

Storytime 12 - Boston Public Library - Children's LibraryLisa Rogers Extremism: How it grows 01 - Old South Church - SanctuaryRaney Aronson-Rath • Jeff Sharlet • Jeffrey Toobin • Joan Donovan It's Complicated 11 - Boston Public Library - Teen CentralAmy Pattee • Gabi Burton • Caleb Roehrig • Joan F. Smith

2:00pm EDT

Arthur 21 - Copley Square Outdoors - Costume Characters Spine-Tingling Suspense 13 - Boston Public Library - Children's Rey RoomElissa Gershowitz • Ciera Burch • Jacqueline Davies • Susan Tan Anna Kornis 19 - Copley Square Outdoors - Berklee StageAnna Kornis Debut Novels: Coming of Age 09 - Boston Public Library - Newsfeed CafeChristine Mastrangelo • Christy Cashman • James Frankie Thomas • Rebekah Bergman How the Shadows of Boston’s Past Influences the City Today 17 - Boston Architectural College - BeehiveSaraya Wintersmith • Jacqueline Jones • Zebulon Vance Miletsky Discovering an Origin Story or Creation Myth 06 - Goethe-Institut - Workshop SpaceCynthia Manick Headliners Readings 05 - Goethe-Institut - 1st FloorDanielle Jones • Diannely Antigua • Oliver de la Paz • Mass Poetry Walking Tour Outside BPL Boylston Street EntranceBoston By Foot Birding Out with Maris 20 - Copley Square Outdoors - Brainstorm Tent

2:15pm EDT

Memoir: Life Lessons 18 - Boston Architectural College - Cascieri HallAlicia Anstead • Kelly McMasters • Josh Barkan • Curtis Chin

2:30pm EDT

Storytime 12 - Boston Public Library - Children's LibrarySalina Yoon Family Complexities and (Un)Conventions 03 - Old South Church - Guild RoomMichelle Hoover • Jane Roper • Novuyo Rosa Tshuma • Jimin Han Leadership Under Pressure 07 - Trinity Church - UndercroftOlive Darragh • Christopher Gorham • Morra Aarons-Mele • Lynn Perry Wooten

2:45pm EDT

How to Save Democracy 02 - Old South Church - Mary Norton HallArun Rath • Danielle Allen • Daniel Ziblatt Wildlife: To Honor, Respect and Preserve 08 - Boston Public Library - Rabb HallVicki Croke • Sy Montgomery • Matt Patterson • Allen Crawford • Terry Tempest Williams

3:00pm EDT

Melissa Mandel 19 - Copley Square Outdoors - Berklee StageMelissa Mandel Satire and Truth 04 - Church of the Covenant - SanctuaryRachel Barenbaum • Cecilia Rabess • Tom Perrotta • Stephen Buoro Grub Street presents Tension and Subversion: How to Build a Narrative Foundation Through Simple Prompts 10 - Boston Public Library - Commonwealth SalonElizabeth Santiago • Javed Rezayee Walking Tour Outside BPL Boylston Street EntranceBoston By Foot

3:15pm EDT

Storytime 12 - Boston Public Library - Children's LibraryOge Mora • Gary Gray Jr. Fantasy and New Worlds 13 - Boston Public Library - Children's Rey RoomNicholl Montgomery • Cameron Chittock • Sayantani DasGupta • Isi Hendrix • Simmons University A Panel on Panels: Drawing YA Stories 11 - Boston Public Library - Teen CentralJoel Christian Gill • Erica Henderson • Dave Ortega How to Think About Big Tech 01 - Old South Church - SanctuaryMeghna Chakrabarti • Jonathan Taplin • Coco Krumme • Brian Merchant

3:30pm EDT

Goethe-Institut presents Graphic Novel: German Comics and the story of Rude Girl 05 - Goethe-Institut - 1st FloorPriscilla Layne • Birgit Weyhe How To Make Boston More Liveable 17 - Boston Architectural College - BeehiveRenée Loth • David Gamble • Imari Paris Jeffries • Anne-Marie Lubenau • Stone Foundation Poetry Off The Page 09 - Boston Public Library - Newsfeed CafeJoliné Brito • Chandler Camerato • D. Ruff • Poet Phree • Ezana Demissie • Anthony Febo • Amanda Shea • Durane West Radical Metaphors 06 - Goethe-Institut - Workshop SpaceAllison Adair

3:45pm EDT

Desire: The Promise and Price of Wanting 18 - Boston Architectural College - Cascieri HallLydia Moland • Margot Kahn • Kelly McMasters • Katy Kelleher • Fancy Feast

4:00pm EDT

CANCELED: Legally Thrilling: Trial 07 - Trinity Church - UndercroftNancy Gertner • Richard North Patterson Where Nothing Is What It Seems 03 - Old South Church - Guild RoomEmiko Tamagawa • Angie Kim • Paul Goldberg • Wendy Walker • Mystery Writers of America - New England Sampson Piermattei 19 - Copley Square Outdoors - Berklee StageSampson Piermattei

4:15pm EDT

Love, Motherhood, and Ambition 02 - Old South Church - Mary Norton HallJoanna Rakoff • Sadeqa Johnson • Jean Kwok • Elizabeth L. Silver

4:30pm EDT

Book Banning: The Backlash Against Woke 08 - Boston Public Library - Rabb HallDavid Leonard • Jocelyn A. Chadwick • Linda Johnson • Suzanne Nossel • Boston Public Library YA Keynote: Chloe Gong 04 - Church of the Covenant - SanctuarySara Farizan • Chloe Gong

4:45pm EDT

How to Be Happy 01 - Old South Church - SanctuaryParis Alston • Robert Waldinger • Kieran Setiya • Tiya Miles

6:30pm EDT

Poems & Pints 22 - Room and Board - ShowroomDanielle Jones • J.D. Debris • Krysten Hill • Jill McDonough • Emmanuel Oppong-Yeboah • Mass Poetry